On Sun, 9 Nov 2008 13:17:31 -0800
"David Fox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I was helping to update a friends (old) p3 box that ran an old version
> of etch, needed a bunch of security updates and kde and some other
> stuff installed last night. I got all the updates installed except for
> two thin
2008/11/10 David Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 12:56 PM, Bob Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Testing breaks less often than Unstable. But when it breaks, it takes a
>> long time for things to get rectified. Sometimes this could be days and
>> it could be months at times.
On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 12:56 PM, Bob Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Testing breaks less often than Unstable. But when it breaks, it takes a
> long time for things to get rectified. Sometimes this could be days and
> it could be months at times.
I did have some issues with the nvidia driver,
On Sun, 9 Nov 2008 20:56:51 +
Bob Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Stable is rock solid. It does not break.
>
> Testing breaks less often than Unstable. But when it breaks, it
> takes a long time for things to get rectified. Sometimes this could
> be days and it could be months at times.
>
On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 12:35 PM, lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> When you run testing (and keep it updated), you don't need to worry
> about making the leap from one stable release to the next. That was
I ran etch when it was still testing, then kept it at testing for
sometime until I got a new
On Sun, Nov 09, 2008 at 10:56:31 -0600, lee ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 04:56:06 +1300
> Chris Bannister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > My understanding is that "stable" means unchanging.
>
> See http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-choosing.en.html#s3.1. That would
> indicat
On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 04:56:06 +1300
Chris Bannister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> My understanding is that "stable" means unchanging.
See http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-choosing.en.html#s3.1. That would
indicate that "stable" doesn't mean "unchanging" but "likely to not
have as many bugs" as test
On Fri, Nov 07, 2008 at 10:15:53AM -0600, Ramasubramanian Ramesh wrote:
> All,
>
> I run Etch+backports at my home gateway/file server. Lately, I find
> that many packages are too old in Etch for my needs. I am thinking of
> switching to Lenny. While Lenny is not as stable as Etch, I am not su
On Fri, Nov 07, 2008 at 06:53:59PM +0200, Γιώργος Πάλλας wrote:
> I have exactly the same opinion as Alan. As I wrote in another thread
> about debian versions, Lenny (or testing in general) is so stable that
> personally, having never run 'Stable', I can't imagine how much more
> stable could a di
On Fri, 7 Nov 2008 15:05:21 -0500
Mark Grieveson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> But, if you're
> current set up is working for you, and you're simply curious to see if
> newer will be better, then I say don't do it. Why fix what isn't
> broken?
Because it will become broken over time: "Broken" in
On Fri, 7 Nov 2008 17:02:58 + (UTC)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> All,
>
> I run Etch+backports at my home gateway/file server. Lately, I find
> that many packages are too old in Etch for my needs. I am thinking of
> switching to Lenny.
Don't do it! Resist the temptation. Stay with good
On Fri, 07 Nov 2008 10:15:53 -0600
Ramasubramanian Ramesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> While Lenny is not as stable as Etch, I am not
> sure how much difference there is, in terms of stability.
When you run testing (and keep it updated), you don't need to worry
about making the leap from one stab
Ramasubramanian Ramesh wrote:
> All,
>
> I run Etch+backports at my home gateway/file server. Lately, I find
> that many packages are too old in Etch for my needs. I am thinking of
> switching to Lenny. While Lenny is not as stable as Etch, I am not
> sure how much difference there is, in terms of
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Ramasubramanian Ramesh wrote:
> All,
>
> I run Etch+backports at my home gateway/file server. Lately, I find
> that many packages are too old in Etch for my needs.
Which packages are too old for a 'gateway/file server?
>
On Fri November 7 2008 08:15:53 am Ramasubramanian Ramesh wrote:
> All,
>
> I run Etch+backports at my home gateway/file server. Lately, I find
> that many packages are too old in Etch for my needs. I am thinking of
> switching to Lenny. While Lenny is not as stable as Etch, I am not sure
> how m
All,
I run Etch+backports at my home gateway/file server. Lately, I find
that many packages are too old in Etch for my needs. I am thinking of
switching to Lenny. While Lenny is not as stable as Etch, I am not sure
how much difference there is, in terms of stability. I am not worried
about a
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